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DEATH VALLEY, CA – State Route 190 is open to the western portion of Death Valley National Park. The road remains closed from the Trona/Wildrose Junction in Panamint Valley through Death Valley Junction. Additional areas are expected to open no earlier than August 19 as work to clear debris and repair roads continues.  This partial […]

VERMILION CLIFFS, Ariz. – The Peregrine Fund and Bureau of Land Management at Vermilion Cliffs National Monument are hosting a celebration on National Public Lands Day, Saturday, September 24 by releasing captive-bred California Condors at 1 p.m. MDT (noon MST, northern-Arizona Condor Time) to take their first flights in the wild. The event will be held

DEATH VALLEY, CA – Rain this weekend was a historic event, with nearly a year’s worth of rain falling in three hours. The 1.46 inches of rain recorded at Furnace Creek is still preliminary data, and mere drops away from the all-time record of 1.47 inches. The rain caused widespread damage and closure of all

Los Alamos, NM – Early this week, Bandelier Rangers and Preservationists discovered damage in a highly visited and very popular area on the Pueblo Loop Trail known as Cave Kiva. Kivas are sacred sites and centers for religious and social life for Pueblo People today, just as they were for their ancestors. This kiva is in

FATALITY – KAYAKER DROWNING AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA BOULDER CITY, Nevada – National Park Service rangers received a witness report of a kayaker drowning near SCUBA Beach in Lake Mead National Recreation Area. At approximately 7:00 p.m., PST, on Wednesday, July 27, bystanders called 911 after witnessing the victim, a 31-year old male,

Mesa Verde, CO:  On the afternoon of Friday July 22nd, a dry lightning storm passed over Mesa Verde National Park starting three fires.  While fire lookouts spotted the Long Fire and Moccasin Fire, an air attack plane spotted the third, the Soda Fire, with an infra-red camera on the return flight from mapping the Long Fire.  The Long

HUMAN REMAINS FOUND AT LAKE MEAD NATIONAL RECREATION AREA BOULDER CITY, Nevada – National Park Service rangers received a witness report of human remains discovered at Swim Beach in Lake Mead National Recreation Area at approximately 4:30 p.m. PST on Monday, July 25. Park rangers are on scene and have set a perimeter to recover

Big Bend National Park Effective immediately, the Window Trail in the Chisos Basin in Big Bend National Park is closed to public use until further notice. This emergency closure is due to significantly increased bear activity within the narrow trail corridor. The safety of both the bears and the public is paramount. We ask for

Moab, Utah – On the evening of Sunday, July 17, 2022, Canyonlands National Park staff received a report of a missing male subject who was overdue after attempting a short hike from Elephant Hill in the Needles District. A joint search and rescue team comprised of Canyonlands and Mesa Verde National Park Service staff and San

Local national parks join NASA in Nationwide Celebration of Webb Space Telescope First Science Images Utah — The National Park Service in Southwestern Utah and Northern Arizona has joined hundreds of sites across the country to celebrate the release of the first science images from the James Webb Space Telescope, NASA’s next great space science